Bolivian Constitutional Court Rules that Soldiers Must Be Tried in Civilian Courts—Armed Forces Re
Bolivian president Carlos Mesa is currently in the midst of the most acute crisis since he assumed the presidency in October of 2003. In his inaugural speech Mesa promised full…
Impunity for Human Rights Violations through Military Trials in Bolivia
One of the key issues currently facing the Mesa government concerns the open public criticism of continued impunity granted to the military. Specifically, public attention has been focused on February’s…
Rethinking Alternative Development in Bolivia
When an opposition movement supported by the coca grower’s political party forced the resignation of Bolivia’s President Sánchez de Lozada in October 2003, it was fueled in part by long-standing…
Popular Protest Brings Down the Government
Click here to read the full text. http://ain-bolivia.org/2003popularprotest.pdf Former Bolivian president Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is the fourth elected president inLatin America to be forced from office as a result…